Pretoria Capitals and Durban’s Super Giants square off in a high‑stakes SA20 2025-26 clash at SuperSport Park, with both sides needing consistency after explosive but uneven starts to the season. Expect a hard-hitting contest between two power-packed batting units on a venue that generally rewards strokeplay and pace bowlers.
Pretoria Capitals sit mid-table after one win in three, but their campaign was reignited by a crushing 85‑run win over MI Cape Town, where they piled up 220 and bowled the champions out cheaply. Durban’s Super Giants have six points from four games but arrive on the back of a heavy defeat to Joburg Super Kings and a winless run in their last three, making this a pressure fixture to reset momentum.
Capitals’ batting template finally clicked at Newlands, with runs across the order and Sherfane Rutherford starring with both bat and ball, signalling a more rounded threat than in their early losses. Super Giants have already twice crossed 200 this season, yet their fragility has been exposed when early wickets fall, highlighted by being bowled out for 86 in their previous outing. DSG hold a narrow edge in the rivalry, leading 3–2 in completed games, with one no-result; recent meetings have typically produced big totals and sharp momentum swings.
PC vs DSG, SA20 2025-26: Match details
- Date and Time: January 3 (Saturday); 9:00 pm IST / 03:30 pm GMT / 5:30 pm Local
- Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
PC vs DSG, Head-to-Head Record in SA20 2025-26:
Matches played: 5 | Pretoria Capitals won: 3 | Durban’s Super Giants won: 2 | No result/Tied: 0
SuperSport Park Pitch Report
SuperSport Park has become one of the quicker-scoring SA20 venues, the average first‑innings score across recent T20s here hovers in the mid‑160s, with many games comfortably exceeding 180. Fast bowlers dominate wicket columns, taking roughly three‑quarters of the dismissals in the last batch of T20s at this ground, but true bounce also lets stroke‑makers hit through the line. While historically chasing has often been attractive at Centurion, recent SA20 data shows defending totals is very viable; with scattered evening thunderstorms forecast, captains are still likely to field first to keep DLS in play.
Squads:
Pretoria Capitals: Will Smeed, Bryce Parsons, Shai Hope (wk), Dewald Brevis, Connor Esterhuizen, Sherfane Rutherford, Wihan Lubbe, Keshav Maharaj (c), Codi Yusuf, Tymal Mills, Lungi Ngidi, Daniel Smith, Roston Chase, Lizaad Williams, Sibonelo Makhanya, Keith Dudgeon, Junaid Dawood, Gideon Peters, Meeka eel Prince
Durban’s Super Giants: Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Jos Buttler, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Evan Jones, David Wiese, Eathan Bosch, Simon Harmer, Kwena Maphaka, Noor Ahmad, Sunil Narine, Taijul Islam, Dayyaan Galiem, Daryn Dupavillon, Tony de Zorzi, Marques Ackerman, Gerald Coetzee, David Bedingham, Andile Simelane, Gysbert Wege
Also WATCH: Dewald Brevis and Sherfane Rutherford unleash a flurry of sixes on MI Cape Town bowlers in SA20 2025-26
PC vs DSG, SA20 2025-26: Today’s Match Prediction
Case 1:
- Pretoria Capitals wins the toss and bowls first
- Durban’s Super Giants’ powerplay score: 50-60 (6 overs)
- Durban’s Super Giants’ total score: 165-175
Case 2:
- Durban’s Super Giants wins the toss and bowls first
- Pretoria Capitals’ powerplay score: 40-50 (6 overs)
- Pretoria Capitals’ total score: 150-160
Match result: Team bowling first to win the contest
